Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Cleaves Fork (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cleaves Fork. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Cleaves Fork ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Cleaves Fork: Cleaves Frk.
- While the name of this community is Cleaves Fork, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Cleaves Fork may originally have been Cleave's Fork.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cleaves Fork might be written as Cleave Fork.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Cleaves Fork is located in Caroline County.
To see how the shape of Maryland's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Caroline County: Kent (DE), Sussex (DE), Dorchester, Queen Anne's & Talbot.
Below are the counties that are near Cleaves Fork. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cleaves Fork:
- Caroline County (The home county of Cleaves Fork)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Templeville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Marydel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Henderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Hollingsworth Circle
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hollingsworth Circle is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollingsworth Circle
- Hollingsworth Circle has also been known as:
- Hollingsworth Crossroads
- Bridgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Greensboro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Maple Village is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Village
- Whiteleysburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- Ridgely
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ridgely is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgely
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
- Oil City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Oil City is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
- Hillsboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hillsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Thomas Town
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Thomas Town is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Town
- Cecil County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Cecilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Warwick
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Earleville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- John Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- John Town is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Town
- Hack Point
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Hack Point is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hack Point
- Cayots
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cayots is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayots
- Saint Augustine
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cecil County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
- The Woods of Town Point
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Chesapeake City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Harford County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Michaelsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Michaelsville is located in Harford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelsville
- Aberdeen Proving Ground
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kent County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Millington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Massey
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lambson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lambson is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambson
- Dogwood Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dogwood Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogwood Village
- Galena
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mile Tree Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mile Tree Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile Tree Village
- Georgetown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gregg Neck
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Gregg Neck is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregg Neck
- Sassafras
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Sassafras is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafras
- Kennedyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morganec Village is located in Kent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganec Village
- Chestertown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Queen Anne's County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Barclay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Sudlersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Ingleside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Roberts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Roe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Price
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Price is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- Crumpton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Church Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- The Village at Church Hill Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Catlin ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Catlin is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catlin
- Ruthsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthsburg is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthsburg
- Kings Town Manor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kings Town Manor is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Town Manor
- Kingstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kingstown is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstown
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Tappers Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tappers Corner is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tappers Corner
- Wye Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cordova
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Skipton is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipton
- Woodland
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Woodland is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
- Talbot Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Talbot Village is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talbot Village
- Easton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Leeds Landing is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leeds Landing
- Tunis Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Tunis Mills is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tunis Mills
- Kent County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Marydel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hartly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sandtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sandtown is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- The Village at Wild Quail
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dinahs Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dinahs Corner is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dinahs Corner
- Kenton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Blackiston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blackiston is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackiston
- Carlisle Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carlisle Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle Village
- Bicentennial Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bicentennial Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicentennial Village
- Cheswold
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeshore Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeshore Village is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore Village
- Whiteleysburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whiteleysburg is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteleysburg
- New Castle County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Vandyke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vandyke is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandyke
- Blackbird
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Blackbird is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackbird
- Forest
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Townsend
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Deakyneville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deakyneville is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deakyneville
- Middletown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Odessa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- McDonough
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- McDonough is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonough
- Port Penn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Summit Bridge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Summit Bridge is located in New Castle County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Bridge
- Kirkwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Saint Georges
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sussex County (DE)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Greenwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Scotts Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Scotts Corner is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Corner
- Banning ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banning is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning
- Lincoln Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln Village is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- Lincoln
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bridgeville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Anderson Crossroads
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Anderson Crossroads is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Crossroads
- Argo Corners
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Argo Corners is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo Corners
- Ellendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Slaughter Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cumberland County (NJ)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Bay Side
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bay Side is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Side
- Greenwich
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwich is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
- Othello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Othello is located in Cumberland County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Othello
- Salem County (NJ)
- Canton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Canton is located in Salem County (NJ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cleaves Fork, see our County-by-County Page for Cleaves Fork.
Cemeteries Near Cleaves Fork ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cleaves Fork.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Cleaves Fork - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cleaves Fork covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Templeville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Busic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Busic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Busic Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Barclay.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80818 <4>
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rochester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rochester Memorial Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rochester Memorial Garden
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Holdens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Bethesda Methodist Protestant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sudlersville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Emmanuel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- New Union UMC Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the New Union UMC Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Goldsboro.
- The New Union UMC Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #81732 <4>
- Continue List (169 more) ...
- Blanco Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgetown Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
While we didn't find Cleaves Fork in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cleaves Fork.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cleaves Fork, with the one closest to Cleaves Fork listed first.
- Templeville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Templeville is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Templeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 116 people
- Marydel
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marydel is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydel
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Henderson
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Slaughter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughter is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter
- Hartly
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barclay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barclay is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barclay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Ingleside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ingleside is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Sudlersville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Goldsboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Goldsboro is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Downs Chapel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Downs Chapel is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs Chapel
- Pearsons Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pearsons Corner is located in Kent County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearsons Corner
- Roberts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roberts is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Roe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Roe is located in Queen Anne's County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Bridgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bridgetown is located in Caroline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgetown
- Millington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cleaves Fork. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cleaves Fork.
Newspapers Published in Cleaves Fork ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cleaves Fork.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cleaves Fork, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cleaves Fork.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cleaves Fork:
- Websites specific to Maryland
- Pages specific to Caroline County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cecil County
- Harford County
- Kent County
- Queen Anne's County
- Talbot County
- Kent County
- New Castle County
- Sussex County
- Cumberland County
- Salem County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Maryland
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cleaves Fork) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <5> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cleaves Fork, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |